Carenado has released their Cessna 185F Skywagon for X-Plane. The aircraft is said to have similar behaviors compared to the real aircraft, as well as a detailed 3D exterior and interior model. This package includes high quality sounds, various types of eye candy, four liveries, and more. For a full list of features or to purchase the aircraft, head on over to Carenado's C185F Skywagon page.
X-Aviation has released an update to the Take Command! CRJ-200. This update brings the product to version 1.4.1 brings the CRJ simulation to a whole new level with all-new holding pattern logic, support for STAR transitions, and much more! See more info about this update by viewing the update thread in the forum.
Shade Tree Micro Aviation (STMA) has released their latest project: the Kaman K-1200 K-MAX. They state that the "K-MAX is a unique helicopter used for lifting operations. Thanks to its two rotors turning in opposite directions it is extremely stable in all conditions." More information can be found by visiting their product page at the org store.
Laminar Research has just released Beta 6 for X-Plane 10.03! Start up those updaters and get the ball rollin'! A list of changes are as follows:
ATC:
Fixed bug preventing lowercase routings from working Fixed numerous crashes in the ATC system. Fixed bug causing AI planes to suddenly taxi through a hold short line wildly. Fixed bug causing the view to change while using the arrows to navigate ATC menus. Adjusted timers to let users communicate with ATC more easily. Adjusted "off course" tolerances to make it less annoying. Improved automatic layout generation at KTCM (and hopefully other airports that are long and thin)
Aircraft:
CRJ and other aicraft cockpits should work at night in HDR mode on OS X Lion. Sim is more tolerant of missing textures - the rules now match v9 for OBJs. Slight improvement to braking model to aid in erroneous aircraft drifting. Baron 58: Added cockpit night lighting. Use the four lighting knobs under the copilot yoke to adjust. F4 Phantom: Adjusted the flight model for better in-flight handling and more reasonable manners on approach and landing. Fixed seg fault in weight/weapons window.
Carenado has announced a special 10-day Holiday Sale on all of their products, including those for X-Plane! From December 15th to the 25th, Carenado will be giving discounts of 50% off on all X-Plane products. To get in on this great deal head on over to Carenado's website!
Khamsin & Arno are making great movement on their next DHC-1 "Chipmunk" project! Arno states, "While I'm coding the Chipmunk to have it has realistic as it gets (I'm mimicing real life failures, one by one...), khamsin is now texturing the bird. The result, even at this very early stage, is... well... I let you find the right words..." Newer screenshots and a preliminary texture screenshot has been posted to the DHC-1 "Chipmunk" thread on the forums. Great work, guys!
Have a mobile device such as an iPhone, iPad, Blackberry, or Nexus? Then check this out! X-Pilot has now activated Tapatalk on our forum system for much easier mobile browsing. It has many great features, and allows you to post, read unread, and view PM's in a very neat, organized fashion. We highly recommend it! You can download Tapatalk for your mobile devices as follows: Tapatalk for iOS devices (iPhone, iPad) Tapatalk for Android devices (Nexus, Galaxy SII, etc) Tapatalk for Blackberry devices
X-Aviation has released an update to the Take Command! CRJ-200. This update brings the product to version 1.3 and brings in a few features, among them being X-Plane 10 support and Remote CDU functionality. See more info about this update by viewing the update thread in the forum.
Laminar Research has released a patch for X-Plane 10. More news can be found on this at the blog. It's said this update fixes many triangular anomalies that were showing up on different video cards.
Carenado is expanding their X-Plane fleet yet again with a tail dragger this time around! Accompanied by a few screenshots and a quick release of news, Carenado's Skywagon should be out for X-Plane relatively soon given their track record. You can find more information and see screenshots by viewing the "Incoming Projects" page on Carenado's website.
X-Aviation has announced sales are now live for taking orders of X-Plane 10, and shipping is only $5 for worldwide shipping! Orders will begin shipping in December will ship in the order received. You can grab your pre-order line spot by making your order today at X-Aviation.com!